The Chattanooga Football Club will be hosting a National Premier Soccer League South Regional playoff Saturday night against the Dutch Lions FC from Houston, but two nights earlier the local team will play a home exhibition match against the UANL Tigres reserves from Mexico. Both games will start at 7:30 at Finley Stadium, the gates opening at 6:30. Tickets for Thursday’s game cost $12 at www.chattanoogafc.com or $15 at the gate; tickets for Saturday are $10 either way, but a $5 ticket voucher to the playoff game will come with attendance Thursday. The Tigres reserves play in Mexico’s second-tier league. “This will be a fun one. Tigres Reserves are an extremely good team and an institution in Mexican football, and our boys are looking forward to the challenge,” CFC general manager Sean McDaniel said in a release. The Dutch Lions upset the Tulsa Athletics 2-1 last weekend, when CFC edged Memphis City 2-1 after beating the Knoxville Force 5-0.
Golf
– Match-play openers in the Chattanooga Women’s City golf tournament were set up with Monday’s qualifying round at Signal Mountain Golf & Country Club. Match play runs today through Thursday, and an impressive group of senior players is competing in stroke play today and Thursday.
Academics
– Georgia Northwestern Technical College had five athletes earn NJCAA national academic awards for the 2015-16 school year: golfers Jordan Estes and Lanier Guest, basketball player Ashley Farrell and volleyballers Alysa Daniel and Abbey Hannah. Farrell and Estes received Superior status for cumulative grade point averages of 3.80 to 3.99 on a 4.0 scale, while Hannah, Daniel and Guest earned Exemplary distinction for GPAs of 3.60 to 3.79. Pinnacle (4.0), Superior and Exemplary awards for Cleveland State and Chattanooga State athletes were reported last week.